Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Man Shoots Himself In The Head While Bragging About Gun Safety Feature On His Gun

A Phoenix man bragged about the double-safety mechanism on his gun, then
to demonstrate how effective the feature is, he aimed the firearm at
his head then shot himself in the temple.

23-year-old Christen Reece was out drinking and after he bars closed
at around 3 or 3:00 in the morning, he had a bright idea which he
presented to his six friends: “Let’s go to the high country and shoot
guns,” he said.

“You know, there’s not really a lot to the story other than don’t
drink and shoot guns,” explains Jim Molesa, chief deputy of the Navajo
County Sheriff’s Office, which is conducting the official investigation,
according to the Phoenix New Times.

The friends ended up on the side of the road near a wooded area to do a little target shooting.Reece told his friends of the feature on his gun which had a
double-safety making it impossible to ever go off unexpectedly, so he
decided to demonstrate this for his buddies.

“He held the gun up to head, a little behind the temple area, and
fired,” Molesa said of the Sept 2nd incident. “He immediately dropped to
the ground, and his acquaintances started freaking out, not sure what
to do.”

Reece’s friends panicked. There was no hospital nearby, so they took
his unconscious and bloody body to the fire station, where paramedics
were on duty.

I wonder what firearm he owned with the "double safety". The Chief Deputy puts it quite well,

"Molesa stops short of passing judgment on Reece and his friends, but he does note that “the main thing any teacher of a gun-safety class wants students to walk away is that you should treat every gun as if it's loaded and never point it at yourself or anyone else.” Christen Reece apparently didn't attend that class."

And from another expert,

“Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.” -----Jeff Cooper

Thank God we have these idiots to prove you kill crazy gun loons are idiots. This is one of your sides example of an idiot. Now hand your daughter the huge gun and maybe she will kill you, unintentionally, of course.

When cornered, attack the opposition with the same accusation. Brilliant. What you can't stand is that you guys keep telling us how responsible gun owners are and I keep posting examples of the fact that so many of you are nothing of the kind.

Not seeing where we are cornered Mike. Especially in this exchange. However there is a big difference between your posts showing gun owners at their worst, and those who favor gun control wishing violence, preferably on gun owners. Your blog is fairly friendly in that regard which is why I like hanging out here. Try debating as issue say on Southern Beale's blog and you'll see a much more intense response. Even the Brady and Everytown Facebook pages frequently have comments wishing harm comes to various gun rights spokespeople.